Guided Course: Scraping and Data Visualization with Tableau
A guided course by Victor Pascual , Data Visualization Specialist
Learn to extract, clean and visualize television series data using Scraping and Tableau public techniques
Immerse yourself in the fascinating world of data visualization with a practical focus on television series. Learn how to collect, clean, and prepare data from diverse sources like IMDb, applying scraping techniques to extract key insights. Discover how to correct inconsistencies, standardize formats, and eliminate unnecessary entries to consolidate a clean dataset ready for visualization. Once the data is prepared, organize all the information into a structured and understandable spreadsheet.
Master the fundamentals of Tableau Public, a powerful data visualization tool. Upload your data and explore its user-friendly interface, designing charts that reveal patterns and comparisons within your favorite series. Upon completion, you'll have a polished dataset and interactive visualizations that make it easier to tell stories through data. As you navigate the process, you'll gain valuable skills and knowledge that will remain relevant even with software updates.
What will you learn in this online course?
7 lessons & 7 downloads
- 24 students
- 7 lessons (1h 27m)
- 7 additional resources (1 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: Spanish, German, English, French, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Turkish
- Spanish · French · English · German · Italian · Portuguese · Polish · Turkish · Dutch
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
Recommended software & tools for this course
Google Sheets
Tableau PublicWhat is this course's project?
The course project involves exploring, cleaning, and visualizing data from television series. Students will learn to collect data from sources like IMDb, process it, and create interactive visualizations in Tableau Public, revealing meaningful trends and patterns.
Who is this online course for?
People interested in data analysis, visualization, and digital storytelling who want to learn how to use tools like Tableau to transform information into interactive graphics. Ideal for those looking to improve their data science skills in a practical way.
Requirements and materials
No extensive prior knowledge is required. You'll need a computer with internet access, a browser for scraping, and Tableau Public installed. Basic familiarity with spreadsheets is helpful for organizing and preparing data effectively.
Victor Pascual
A guided course by Victor Pascual
Víctor Pascual is a self-confessed lover of scientific data visualization, who has a doctorate in computer science and digital communication. He dedicated his doctoral thesis to researching new methods for representing web data and has been a data scientist and data visualization specialist since 2009.
After three years as part of the Bestiario team, Víctor began his new adventure as a data analysis and visualization consultant for companies including SIRIS Academic and Mobile Media Content, where he leads a diverse range of R&D projects.
Víctor is also committed to training in information visualization, which led him to codirect Spain's first postgraduate course on the subject (IDEC) as well as participate in a number of different conferences and workshops. He currently collaborates with different master's and postgraduate degree programs.
Content
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U1
Scrape and visualize data with Tableau
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Podcast: The art of seeing the invisible
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Explanation of the project
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Introduction to data scraping
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Cleaning and data processing
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Preparing the data
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Introduction to Tableau Public
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View data from our series
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FP
Final project
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Guided Course: Scrape and Visualize Data with Tableau
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